The nurse researcher is evaluating whether holding pressure at an injection site after injecting the anticoagulant enoxaparin will reduce bruising at the injection site. This study involves a prescriptive theory. What is the nurse's rationale for involving a prescriptive theory?

A) It explains why bruising occurs.
B) It is broad in scope and complex.
C) It tests a specific nursing intervention.
D) It reflects a wide variety of nursing care situations.

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lovepreet singh · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Prescriptive theories detail nursing interventions for a specific phenomenon and the expected outcome of the care but it does not explain why. Grand theories are broad in scope and complex and focus on a wide variety of nursing care situations.

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